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« on: March 23, 2008, 11:05:44 PM »
Do you like to experiment sometimes? Here you are what I have done this late evening.

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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 10:14:07 AM »
343 Kokutai ?
Most interesting art  :-clap

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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 05:50:26 PM »
Thats cool No.1! :) Reminds me of the time wrap in "The final Countdown"  :-clap

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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2008, 05:54:23 PM »
Did not know for the movie- thank you :)

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 11:47:29 AM »
Thats cool No.1! :) Reminds me of the time wrap in "The final Countdown"  :-clap

The basic plot of the movie

The setting is the year 1980. Captain Matthew Yelland (Douglas), commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, has been ordered to take on a civilian observer, Warren Lasky (Sheen) during a training mission in the Pacific Ocean. Lasky's boss, Mr. Tideman, watches Lasky's departure from inside a limousine, his face concealed from both the audience and Lasky, who has never actually met him face to face. Tideman helped design the Nimitz, and Lasky's assignment is to watch and make recommendations while the ship goes on exercises near Hawaii. When Air Wing Commander Owen (Farentino) mildly confronts him about disrupting the ship's operations that are working just fine, Lasky replies, "There are always alternatives, commander."

The ship encounters a strange storm vortex, which disappears after they pass through. Then they find that all the usual communication with shore has been cut off. There is only static, even from the White House, except for World War II broadcasts, and a very old Jack Benny radio skit. One of the crewmen overhears the senior staff's bewilderment before Yelland dismisses him, and he panics as he tells a disbelieving buddy that World War III has begun.

Yelland dispatches an F-8 Crusader (Identified by the variable-incidence wing) to Pearl Harbor, and two F-14A Tomcats to patrol locally. The Tomcat pilots are surprised to encounter two "mint condition" Japanese A6M Zeros, as are the Zero pilots to see jet aircraft. They also fly over a pleasure craft, which has fictional Senator Samuel S. Chapman (Charles Durning), his secretary Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross), her dog, Charlie, and Chapman's friend, Harvey, on board. They marvel at the speed of these "rocket planes," and Chapman wonders about the American insignia. His position in the Senate keeps him informed of all military hardware, but he's naturally never heard of anything like the Tomcats.

The Zeros strafe the boat to kill the passengers, so that they cannot warn Pearl Harbor of foreign aircraft. Chapman, Laurel, Harvey and Laurel's dog manage to dive off before the Zeros make another pass, which hits the ship's fuel tank causing it to explode. When the Zeros turn for another run, Chapman and Laurel remove their life vests so they can duck underneath the water's surface. They escape, but Harvey does not. Unwilling to remove his life vest, he shouts "I can't swim" a few seconds before being shot up.
 
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_(film)

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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 11:51:32 AM »
 :-clap :-clap :-clap